Best PlacesTurtle Rock, Irvine, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Turtle Rock, Irvine, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. The coast is close, and the measures below put a number on how close. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Turtle Rock, Irvine ranks 281st of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on the weather by a wide margin, and an overheated housing market is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Turtle Rock, Irvine
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Turtle Rock, Irvine's strengths and weaknesses
Where Turtle Rock, Irvine ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 330 pleasant days a year, better than 99% of neighborhoods
- Educational attainmentBetter than 97% of neighborhoods
- Household income$175,993 median, better than 96% of neighborhoods
- QuietBetter than 95% of neighborhoods
- Crime safetyBetter than 93% of neighborhoods
Where Turtle Rock, Irvine ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 1% of neighborhoods
- WalkabilityBetter than only 6% of neighborhoods
- Cell coverageBetter than only 6% of neighborhoods
- TransitBetter than only 17% of neighborhoods
- Internet speedBetter than only 18% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Turtle Rock, Irvine
A household needs to earn about $445,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Turtle Rock, Irvine home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $175,993, so buying stretches a typical household.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Turtle Rock, Irvine's effective rate of 0.59%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Turtle Rock, Irvine
Turtle Rock, Irvine's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Turtle Rock, Irvine.
Who works in Turtle Rock, Irvine, and how
Work in Turtle Rock, Irvine centers on professional & technical and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 57%
- Work from home 37%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Turtle Rock, Irvine
Turtle Rock, Irvine has more parkland per resident than 78% of neighborhoods. The coast is about 9 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Turtle Rock, Irvine and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Turtle Rock, Irvine, month by month
Turtle Rock, Irvine sees roughly 330 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 81 degrees. January highs sit near 69, with lows near 48. Every month averages in that range.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 69° | 58° | 48° |
| April | 73° | 63° | 56° |
| July | 81° | 72° | 66° |
| October | 81° | 69° | 61° |
Flying in and out of Turtle Rock, Irvine
John Wayne/Orange County sits about 4 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 5.5 million passengers in 2025, with 80 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Turtle Rock, Irvine
Schools across Turtle Rock, Irvine average an A−, better than 91% of neighborhoods.
Top high schools
- University HighA+ · 85% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Turtle Rock, Irvine school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Turtle Rock, Irvine measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Turtle Rock, Irvine against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Turtle Rock, Irvine
Is Turtle Rock, Irvine a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Turtle Rock, Irvine ranks 281st of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on the weather, an educated workforce, and high incomes, and lowest on an overheated housing market and walkability. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Turtle Rock, Irvine expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $1,754,884. The overall cost of living runs about 82% above the national average. Set against a $175,993 median income, cost of living beats 68% of neighborhoods.
Is Turtle Rock, Irvine safe?
Yes, Turtle Rock, Irvine is safer than 93% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $276 per resident a year.
Compare Turtle Rock, Irvine with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Turtle Rock, Irvine. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Turtle Rock, Irvine represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Turtle Rock, Irvine detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Turtle Rock, Irvine: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Turtle Rock, Irvine: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Turtle Rock, Irvine: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Turtle Rock, Irvine: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Turtle Rock, Irvine detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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